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Mir Bal is a social worker and leftist in Sweden. He was a co-host of "For a Lost Cause," a Swedish Marxist podcast. We discuss the history of the Swedish Social Democrats, the actual politics of the Sweden Democrats, and many misconceptions North Americans may have about Nordic countries in general and Sweden in particular.Corrections: There is an error when we talk about economic scale. While both are often listed as the 11th world economy in scale the indicators for determination must have been different, the GDP comparison was way off. Russia's is around 1.4 trillion USD, Sweden about 600+ billion. Even this is confusing for relative wealth though: GDP per capita in Sweden is significantly higher 50K per person vs 20K per person.I also said Noriega and meant Daniel Ortega.Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog)
Share your holiday traditions, silly stories, fights with us. We want to share them on our Christmas SpecialMarriageUnfiltered Podcast on Instagrammarriageunfiltered@yahoo.comWe admit we say a lot of things without googling first. Corrections:There is an Adam Sandler Thanksgiving song He also has a Chanukah SongThere are other Thanksgiving songs We love this one! The Thanksgiving Song by Ben RectorChanukah does not start before ThanksgivingWhile the hosts of this show serve in the marriage ministry at Stonegate Fellowship in Midland, TX, this Show is not affiliated with Stonegate Fellowship in Midland TX or its marriage ministry.
Part of being a Hot Pizza Ass is taking responsibility and control of your finances. So, on this week's episode I'm doing a tell all on how I paid off over $5000 dollars of credit card debt in 6 months, even in a pandemic, even as a freelancer in an industry which has been shut down since March. HINT: it takes awareness (and actually reading your CC statements), and an aggressive plan to beat the interest game that the credit card companies want you to lose. Plus, why I got into debt in the first place, mistakes I made, what I learned about finances, interest, credit scores, and credit card companies in the process of getting out of it. Zach Harper (@talkhoops) joins in as well to share simple tips on financial lessons he's learned as well and what he did to improve his credit score in just 4 months. Corrections - There's a part in the pod where I say I made smaller payments in "April and May," I meant to say "April and March." Blame it on the celebration sake. Also, I said if I paid just the minimum on my credit card it would take like 40 years to pay off. I just double checked. The correct number was about 18 years. RECENT PIZZA ROUND UP Lou Malnati's (Chicago, but they ship) - https://www.loumalnatis.com/ Pizzana (Los Angeles) - https://pizzana.com/ RESOURCES On IG follow @ramit @daveramsey @davidbach Nerd Wallet - https://www.nerdwallet.com/ BOOKS "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" by Ramit Sethi SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon.com/erindarling If you liked this episode. or if it could be useful or inspiring to someone you know in credit card debt, please share it with them!
IMPORTANT: WATCH THE FOLLOW-UP VIDEO at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q_NAEaiC9M All proceeds (plus more) to http://sahareducation.com PLEASE GIVE SOURCES and detailed corrections at http://sdp.io/sharbatsources (it was too long to fit into a description) CORRECTIONS There is one major correction to the video: I now believe Sharbat was not wearing a burqa when McCurry entered the school in their 1984 photoshoot. McCurry’s team has confirmed this. A burqa would have been covering both her eyes and face; Sharbat made an effort to cover her face but was not at the time wearing a veil that would have covered her eyes. My source indicated that she removed her burqa at McCurry’s request, but the source was referring to the 2002 photoshoot, not the 1984 photoshoot. I sincerely regret the mistake and appreciate McCurry’s team for bringing it to my attention. To clarify, Sharbat covered her face with her scarf to protect it from McCurry’s view. As an adult looking back on the photoshoot, she expressed feeling angry at the time because she was confronted by a strange man and being scared and sad at learning that the photograph had been published. That all stands - the only part I’m correcting is that she was not wearing a veil to cover her eyes. Near the end of the video, I try to tell Sharbat’s story and I say that her mother was killed in a bombing in Afghanistan. That’s how McCurry tells the story, but according to Sharbat, her mother died of appendicitis. I’m sorry for the mistake, and for your losses, Sharbat. I also indicate that Sharbat ran away from the photoshoot out of fear. My recollection of her being afraid was based on the caption on the cover of National Geographic. However, Sharbat’s adult recollection of her feelings in the moment was that she was angry, not afraid. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION Steve McCurry's Afghan Girl (published in National Geographic) is one of the most famous photos of all time. I had planned to make a tribute video celebrating the impact of the photo, but as I researched it, I came across new interviews with Sharbat Gula from the past 2 years. Those interviews revealed the other side of the story, and that side was really disturbing. TIMELINE OF THIS VIDEO 2/25/2019: We reach out to National Geographic and Steve McCurry's team for input. 2/27/2019: Neither NatGeo nor McCurry reply to our messages, so we record and publish this video without their feedback. 3/4/2019: Bonnie McCurry (Steve's sister and president of McCurry Studios) reaches out indicating that she feels there are factual errors in the video. However, she does not provide any specific information. We immediately make the video private to give McCurry's team the opportunity to create a detailed list so that we can update the video and make it as accurate as possible. 3/7/2019: Bonnie provides a list of 3 items she feels are incorrect in the video. 3/8/2019: You can see us address those concerns at this follow-up video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q_NAEaiC9M. We also made this video public once again, in its original form (including mistakes), for complete transparency.
This week's episode follows the foibles of adorably corrupt leech on the state Ananda Krishnan. Hear all about how he was able to fund the 1985 Live Aid concert by jumping in bed with kleptocratic regimes in Indonesia and the Philippines, how he became a billionaire through the hard work of getting a monopoly gambling license from Malaysia, and how his friendship with the current Prime Minister makes it unlikely he'll be charged for his role in the 1MDB fraud. CORRECTIONS: There is no evidence Ananda Krishnan was divorced. Also Tim Leissner/Goldman Sachs did the IPOs for Maxis, Ananda's cellular company, in 2002 and Astro, Ananda's satellite company, in 2003. In the episode we mix up the two companies when discussing Tim's role.
This week Brian and Roger speculate on how Eric Campbell is blackmailing Terry Collins into playing time, and Soup's ideal role with the New York Mets. Roger rants about instant replay for awhile and presents two conspiracy theories, while Brian lies about not watching Sportscenter. Brian and Roger debate on whether a 20-strikeout pitching performance is more impressive than a pitcher hitting two home runs in one game before thoroughly enjoying a long look at how terrible the Atlanta Braves are currently doing and if they can break the '62 Mets record for futility. They also figure out where Ron Darling's anger comes from, Keith Hernandez's nightmare, and introduce a brand new award! Thanks to Mark Evans for The Natural/Bartolo Colon mash-up. Corrections: There were four 20-strikeout games in a 9-inning affair, not five, and two 19-strikeout performances in a 9-inning game were in a losing effort (Randy Johnson, as well as Steve Carlton.)